Interview with Willem van Eekelen: the accession of Spain and Portugal to WEU in 1990 and the case of Greece (The Hague, 1 October 2009)

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In this interview, Willem van Eekelen, Netherlands Minister for Defence from 1986 to 1988 and Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) from 1989 to 1994, discusses the negotiations launched in the late 1980s which led to the accession of Spain and Portugal to WEU on 27 March 1990, as well as the problems and discussions raised at the time by the case of Greece.

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